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republicans always talk about medicare reform. when they do it, they don't mean that they're going to reduce costs in the health care system. they mean they're going to unload those rising health care costs on to the backs of seniors. a very different approach than the president and democrats took in the affordable care act, where we reduce the overall expenditures without just passing them on. >> congressman chris van hollen, good to have you with us tonight. thanks for your time. >> good to be with you too, ed. >> and remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts with us on twitter and on facebook. >>> coming up, will he or won't he? president obama hasn't officially put raising the medicare eligibility age on the table, but some progressives are worried he might. david cay johnston will explain why that move just doesn't make any sense at all. stay tuned. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc. we are right back. der $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! [ male
republicans always talk about medicare reform. when they do it, they don't mean that they're going to reduce costs in the health care system. they mean they're going to unload those rising health care costs on to the backs of seniors. a very different approach than the president and democrats took in the affordable care act, where we reduce the overall expenditures without just passing them on. >> congressman chris van hollen, good to have you with us tonight. thanks for your time....
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the lines that can be done on medicare, there are very significant savings available in medicare. the president has proposed what, $350 billion of savings ten years without touching the benefits. the notion of increasing the eligible age to 66, 67 is really stupid there is no other way to describe it. it is bad public policy. it is terrible for seniors, and it doesn't save much money. what it does is it shifts the costs to those people who can't get to medicare because they're not yet old enough, and it will also shift the cost back to employers and to the new exchanges which are going to be created in just a year and a half. so it is a really non-starter to throw the seniors over the cliff. but we could do things. how about negotiating drug prices? prevented by law, the federal government's prevented by the current law. put in during the bush administration. can't negotiate drug prices. >> you really think the republicans would agree to that? that would be the same thing as the veterans administration. they're allowed to negotiate. >> absolutely. >> if you do that, that of course
the lines that can be done on medicare, there are very significant savings available in medicare. the president has proposed what, $350 billion of savings ten years without touching the benefits. the notion of increasing the eligible age to 66, 67 is really stupid there is no other way to describe it. it is bad public policy. it is terrible for seniors, and it doesn't save much money. what it does is it shifts the costs to those people who can't get to medicare because they're not yet old...
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over the last ten years we have spent $3.8 billion in medicare. that's true. during that same period we spent $5.6 billion on the military. the military has been going up faster and it includes an awful lot of expenditure, unnecessary. we're reading today that canada is recoring whether they're going to buy the f-35. the f-35 is a very, very well conceived airplane that's proving to be a great financial disaster. if any agency, the decht housing, the department of education, the department of energy, had a disaster as remotely expensive to the taxpayer as the f-35 my conservative friends would be screaming. so yeah, i agree with them. ironically. that's one area where the republicans want to spend more, where mitt romney criticizes the president for not spending enough. and i'm very encouraged, ed, that in this last election for the first time in my memory a democratic president stood up to a republican who tried to spend more on the military than even the military's asked for and he won anyway. having said that i have to say i think the president still is suf
over the last ten years we have spent $3.8 billion in medicare. that's true. during that same period we spent $5.6 billion on the military. the military has been going up faster and it includes an awful lot of expenditure, unnecessary. we're reading today that canada is recoring whether they're going to buy the f-35. the f-35 is a very, very well conceived airplane that's proving to be a great financial disaster. if any agency, the decht housing, the department of education, the department of...
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like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to find out more, request your free decision guide. call or go online today. after all, when you're going the distance, it's nice to have the experience and commitment to go along with you. keep dreaming. keep doing. go long. >>> when you think about what we've gone through over the last couple of months, a devastating hurricane, and now one of the worst tragedies in our memory, the country deserves folks to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good. >> welcome back to "the ed show." president obama trying to get a deal. how is the president supposed to get anything done on gun control or any changes at all with firearms when the republicans won't even meet him halfway on fiscal cliff negotiations? what is the climate in washington? let's turn to sam stein, "huffington post," karen finney, msnbc analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, you first. how is anything going to get done on gun legisla
like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to find out more, request your free decision guide. call or go online today. after all, when you're going the distance, it's nice to have the experience and commitment to go along with you. keep dreaming. keep doing. go long. >>> when you think about what we've gone through over the last couple of months, a devastating...
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do not cut medicare. do not cut medicaid. and yes, to the tune of 74% of the people responding in that poll, ask people making more than $250,000 a year to pay more in taxes. the president has got to listen to the american people and stand firm against the bullies in the republican house. >> here is house democratic leader nancy pelosi today. listen to this. >> yes, the democrats will stick with the president. maybe not every single one of them. but on the cpi, since you bring it up, the chained cpi, the president -- the details of this are not all ironed out. but they all mitigate for helping the poorest and neediest in our society, whether they're ssi recipients, whether they're 80 and older, or whether they're truly needy in between. >> senator, she says other factors mitigate the impact of the cpi change, and she would have the votes. any circumstances under which that you could support it? >> no. i have a lot of respect for nancy pelosi. i think she is dead wrong on this issue. listen, the aarp, the national committee to
do not cut medicare. do not cut medicaid. and yes, to the tune of 74% of the people responding in that poll, ask people making more than $250,000 a year to pay more in taxes. the president has got to listen to the american people and stand firm against the bullies in the republican house. >> here is house democratic leader nancy pelosi today. listen to this. >> yes, the democrats will stick with the president. maybe not every single one of them. but on the cpi, since you bring it...